Schio (Vicenza), 11 September 2024

Flashes of the real Itas Trentino at Schio: Piacenza surrenders 3-1 in friendly match

The pre-season of Itas Trentino was enriched by a prestigious victory in Schio's land. After last Saturday's 3-1 success in Rovereto against Innsbruck, the European champion team beat Gas Sales Piacenza with the same score in the second test match of the season, which assigned the ‘Trofeo Città di Schio’ 2024.
An affirmation obtained in four sets at the end of a balanced match (for at least two and a half sets), for the joy of the over 2,500 spectators present at PalaRomare; but the match also reserved many useful indications for the two coaches, ten days before the Final Four of the 2024 Supercoppa that will see both clubs as protagonists.
In view of the appointment in Florence, Fabio Soli was able to rediscover some of the best features of his team, which was finally complete, including the block, which scored sixteen times (with ten different players), but also the attack (50% team share), which for most of the match was at a good level, allowing the yellow-blue team to always have something more in the break point phase than their opponents, who only managed to reverse the trend in the third set. On an individual level, the 44 points scored in the first three halves by the high-ball trio of Michieletto (17, mvp), Lavia (15), and Rychlicki (12 with 65%) should be noted, confirming that the chemistry with Sbertoli is already back to its best days. Positive tests also for Flavio (7 with 71% in the first half) and for Magalini, the absolute star of the fourth period (5 points), when the Trentino technical staff operated a wide rotation of the players without losing sight of the final result, as the 25-20 shows.
“We are still not brilliant and the drop in the third set shows this - explained coach Fabio Soli at the end of the match - but matches like these certainly help us to gain game intensity. We still need to work a lot and we'll use the next ten days before the Supercoppa Final Four to grow and avoid lowering our level. In the first two halves we definitely showed the best things, also thanks to a good approach to the challenge. The positive signs are there: we managed to put into practice what we rehearse in training”.
For Itas Trentino, who will return to Trento in the night, a Thursday of rest awaits before resuming training and preparing to play the last double test of their pre-season: Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 the Gialloblù will be in Montichiari to play the 3rd Ferramenta Astori Trophy, a quadrangular that will see them on the court with Modena, Verona and Piacenza.

Below is the scoreboard of the 2nd ‘Trofeo Città di Schio’ played this evening at PalaRomare.

Itas Trentino-Gas Sales Bluenergy Piacenza 3-1
(28-26, 25-17, 22-25, 25-20)
ITAS TRENTINO: Sbertoli 2, Lavia 15, Kozamernik 2, Rychlicki 12, Michieletto 17, Laurenzano (L); Gabi Garcia 5, Acquarone, Bristot 3, Pesaresi (L), Pellacani 5, Magalini 5, Bartha 2. Coach: Fabio Soli.
GAS SALES BLUENERGY: Brizard 6, Maar 8, Galassi 4, Romanò 7, Andringa 7, Simon 8, Scanferla (L), Bovolenta 13, Loreti, Gueye 2, Ricci 4, Salsi. N.e. Leombroni e Bellanca. Coach: Andrea Anastasi.
REFEREES: Iacobacci from Venice and Cecconato from Treviso.
SET LENGTH: 33’, 28’, 34’, 26’; tot. 2h and 1’.
NOTES: Around 2,500 spectators. Itas Trentino: 16 blocks, 4 aces, 22 serve errors, 7 action errors, 50% attack, 53% (27%) reception. Gas Sales Bluenergy: 7 blocks, 3 aces, 16 serve errors, 7 action errors, 37% attack, 48% (18%) reception.

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